248 research outputs found
Handbook of research on sustainable development goals, climate change, and digitalization Practice, progress, and proficiency in sustainability (PPPS) book series./ Rui Alexandre Castanho.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."In the last few years, with the world changing considerably, this book looks into the many obstacles, barriers, and opportunities pertaining to the future planning of our territories and cities to achieve the sustainable development goals taking into account climate changes and the shift towards the digitalization"--1 online resource
Cross-border cooperation (CBC) strategies for sustainable development Practice, progress, and proficiency in sustainability (PPPS) book series./ [edited by] Rui Alexandre Castanho.
No full text"Premier Reference Source" -- Cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.""This book explores new trends in border areas dynamics and management as well as how cross-border cooperation could or not influences the sustainable development"--Provided by publisher"--Chapter 1. Benefits of a spatial data infrastructure on the sustainability of a southwestern European territory -- Chapter 2. The impact of being a border region in business demography: an analysis in the European Union -- Chapter 3. The assessment of the interreg VA program: support for the Polish-Slovak cross-border projects -- Chapter 4. Cross-border cooperation (CBC) in a multi-level governance system in southeastern Europe territories: how to manage territorial governance processes in Serbia-Romania border space -- Chapter 5. Scale matters: cross-scale dynamics of cross-border carbon adjustments -- Chapter 6. Economic context of the real estate bubble crack: case of a border region extremadura -- Chapter 7. Analysis of housing for rent in borderlands: a case study approach from the Iberian Peninsula -- Chapter 8. United States-China trade war 2019: its impacts on European economies -- Chapter 9. Marketing strategies of cultural institutions in a city divided by a border: the case study for the city of Cieszyn-Czech Cieszyn -- Chapter 10. Cross-border cooperation for bilateral trade, travel, and tourism: a challenge for India and Pakistan -- Chapter 11. Tourism, emigration, and cooperation: a strategy for growth and sustainable development in a community of Portuguese-speaking member states -- Chapter 12. Cooperation strategies towards sustainability in insular territories: a comparison study between Porto Santo Island, Madeira Archipelago, Portugal and El Hierro Island, Canary Archipelago, Spain -- Chapter 13. The Mercosur waterway as a cooperation strategy between Brazil and Uruguay -- Chapter 14. Guarani aquifer system transboundary management -- Chapter 15. Nationalistic independent movements within the European union and its challenge to create a territorial identity.1 online resource (xxv, 348 pages)
Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Scholar and Social Buildings: Concepts and Pilot Solutions for Portugal and Spain
No full textClimate change has been recognized as one of the most serious environmental,
social, and economic challenges facing the world today. Contextually, the Intermunicipal
Plan for Climate Change Adaptation in Alentejo Central (PIAAC-AC) has
already identified the tendencies and future scenarios of climate change in Alentejo
Central until the end of the twenty-first century, namely the increase in the number of
days with very high temperatures, the number of tropical nights and heat waves, and the
general decrease in annual rainfall. In this scenario, the concerns with school communities
and users of social services increase. The project “LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN”—
“application of nature-based solutions for local adaptation of educational and social
buildings to Climate Change,” developed in partnership with CIMAC (Portugal),
CARTIF Technology Center (Spain), Diputación de Badajoz and CSIC—Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Real Jardin Botanico— Spain—Project Leader),
and the Porto City Council (Portugal), focuses on the construction sector, in particular
on education and social services buildings in cities in Europe. It aims to implement
the prototypes (building adaptation) of nature-based solutions (NBS) on walls, roofs,
playgrounds, and exterior surfaces on three pilot buildings. The overall objective is to
contribute to improve resilience in these buildings using autochthone vegetation
Merging traditional livelihood activities with new employment opportunities brought by ecotourism to Iona national park, Angola: rethinking social sustainability
No full textEcotourism activities and investment projects have been consistently increasing worldwide over
the last few decades. In this process, ecotourism has contributed to fight poverty, to create local
employment opportunities and to promote nature conservation. However, there are also plenty
examples of nature-base tourism destinations where ecotourism principles have been distorted
and negative impacts are on the rise. Therefore, studies that provide a deep understanding of
the roots and consequences of those both positive and negative impacts are needed to achieve
new higher tourism quality standards, to foster a sound local development and to promote an
integrated and sustainable national growth. To obtain information useful to contribute specific
recommendations aimed at linking tourism employers and job seekers, we have conducted a
survey addressing locals’ demographic characteristics and their engagement in traditional
livelihood activities. Data gathered from 202 respondents showed that in the largest villages
traditional livelihood activities, excepting pastoralism, tend to have little expression while the
same activities seem to play a key role in some small communities. Striking differences were
found between nomadic or semi-nomadic people and people who have been assimilated into the
western civilization and also have more sedentary life styles. Using this information and taking
in consideration some new employment opportunities brought nature-based tourism to the Iona
National Park, we have identified specific demographic profiles more suited for part-time and full-time jobs
Cultural Tourism and Climate Change: Challenges and Adaptations in Italian UNESCO Sites
No full textGiven the growing impact of climate change on cultural tourism, it becomes crucial for cultural sites to readapt their management strategies and tourism offerings in response to the growing climate crisis and its impacts on the site itself. However, despite the growing academic literature on the impact of climate change on cultural sites and tourism, more research needs to analyse ongoing protection and adaptation strategies of heritage sites. Our research aims to contribute to this theme, focusing on UNESCO World Heritage Sites. To achieve this goal, our study employs a comprehensive methodology, encompassing (i) a literature review on climate change and heritage sites management, (ii) a systematic text analysis of available management plans of the 59 Italian UNESCO World Heritage Sites to identify the presence of “climate change” and “sustainable tourism” topics, and (iii) an online survey to gather insights from site managers regarding the sites’ vulnerability to climate change and their adaptation strategies. The statistical analysis of the survey responses reveals emerging trends in this context. A set of guidelines, recommendations, and practical implications for the implementation of sustainable tourism practices are provided in the conclusion. Monitoring and evaluation criteria are also proposed to assess the initiatives’ effectiveness. This research contributes to the broader discourse on sustainable cultural tourism, offering valuable insights and practical recommendations for stakeholders to address the challenges posed by climate change
Border effect on flora and raptors diversity. An iberian case.
No full textThe organisms and their habitats do not know borders. Thus, the conservation of biodiversity
and the management of natural renewable resources along geopolitical borders should be
concerted between neighboring countries. Furthermore, Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC)
projects and strategies should deeply analyze how «border effect» affects the different species,
since they have dissimilar tolerances to stress factors and they also differ in the way they adapt
to environmental changes. In this regard, considering the rich biodiversity of EUROACE Euroregion,
as well as the CBC projects and strategies operating within these territories (Portugal-
Spain), the present study intended to be an exploratory approach to the analyses of differences
between the success of several biodiversity conservation policies and strategies among these two
countries.
Our research is focused on the geopolitical border across the Luso-Extremadurense chorological
Province. In this exploratory work we present the results obtained for two very distinct groups
of species: raptors and Nature2000 plant species protected under Habitats Directive (Council
Directive 92/43/EEC). In both approaches, the analysis was made comparing alpha diversity
(species richness) in both sides of the Portuguese/Spanish border, using UTM grid10x10 km as
sample unit, and between the two biogeographic sectors of the Luso-Extremadurense province,
present along the border. The results were similar for raptors and plants and showed that
diversity is analogous in both country sides, suggesting that European Union policies may
playing similar impact in both countries
Mitigating Overtourism with New Forms of Cultural Tourism in Adriatic: The Potential Role of Ancient Maritime Wine Routes
No full textDubrovnik and Venice are probably the most touristically overloaded cities in Europe: their rate of tourists per inhabitant, according to an analysis carried out by the booking portal for holiday rentals Holidu, makes them the most afflicted towns by overtourism, especially during summertime. This awareness should lead us to rethink the tourism industry in the Adriatic Region, to decompress overbooked places and promote social and economic growth in (still) undeveloped tourist destinations.
Wine is one of the motivations that leads tourists to choose a destination over others, both because wine regions are usually pleasant places, also due to the landscape that vineyards help shape, and both because food and wine tourism can connect visitors with local producers, thus local population, history, culture and identity. This kind of experience can push towards new routes of cultural tourism, able to bring visitors to minor destinations of the Region, ideally reducing their stay in the main, crowded towns, to discover unknown but attractive territories and their culture.
Building on the legacy built by Interreg Adrion projects such as Approdi and Approdi Plus, we have focused on the Adriatic Region as a maritime and cultural region, a liquid territory and individual entity of the Mediterranean Sea and Europe. By investigating two archive collections, i.e. the Provveditori Generali in Dalmazia e Albania from the State Archives in Zadar and the Cinque Savi alla Mercanzia in Venice State Archive, we are tracing wine trades between the two sides of the Adriatic in the centuries XVII and XVIII. Combined with a critical analysis of previous attempts to promote cultural heritage of the Adriatic space, the ultimate goal of the research is to draw up an analytical proposal for new cultural tourism itineraries focused on wine aimed at Millennials, in the walk of these ancient commercial routes.
The anchorage to the historical dimension could be a win-win strategy: on the one hand, it would help decompress overloaded cities thus promoting social and economic growth in new areas and on the other hand, it would contribute to partly de-seasonalize tourism flows. The latter is an aspect that should not be underestimated precisely because it is closely related to (food and) wine tourism
Literary Strategies in Rui Rocha
No full textInteressa a este artigo perquirir as estratégias, de hibridismo, alegoria e voz poética, usadas pelo autor, Rui Rocha, para compor alguns dos poemas de suas obras Taotologias e A oriente do silêncio, apontando o modo como as cenas imagéticas apresentam-se como arte final.
ABSTRACT
This article investigates the hybridism strategies, allegory strategies and poetic voice strategies, who Rui Rocha author uses to compose some of his poems. He wrote Taotologias and A oriente do silêncio. And also, this article wants to demonstrate the way in which scenes helps to make the final art of those books.
Keywords: Hybridism, Allegory, Poetic voice.This article investigates the hybridism strategies, allegory strategies and poetic voice strategies, which writer Rui Rocha uses to compose some of his poems. He wrote Taotologias and A oriente do silêncio . Moreover, this article demonstrates the
way in which scenes help to make the final artwork of those books
Making Sense of CH as a Dynamic Entity: Observing Venice Through the Lenses of Its Erratic Heritage
No full textThe increasing touristic pressure in Venice makes challenging to enjoy some areas of the city for residents, threatening the gradual loss of their identity. A possible way to combine tourism and Venetian social-cultural life is to accompany people along new and alternative routes where minor “erratic” heritage, representing the history of Venice, can tell the city’s transformations—
both in negative and positive ways—related to environmental factors and anthropogenic activities. Within the framework of CREST Project—Cultural Resources for sustainable tourism—and thanks to the collaboration with the volunteers of the “Nucleo Tutela Beni Culturali” of Venice Civil Protection, we accessed a repository of more than 600 erratic assets (sculptures, decorative and architectural elements, religious shrines, etc.) distributed in the sestiere of Cannaregio, and we compared recent and archive photographs to describe their physical transformation upon time and to design walking routes marked by the presence of this legacy. Describing the history of these objects and their physical transformations will help to make known different areas of the city, create a memory, develop an attachment to this heritage, raise awareness, and enhance a willingness to preserve it. In fact, despite the rising number of publications and documents regarding the impact of climate change on cultural heritage and the importance of cultural heritage as tools to communicate
information regarding climate change, we are still facing a lack of awareness on the broader society, especially if we consider gradual climate change effects. Adopting our proposed walking tour as a new tourist route, we could make sense of the effects of climate change on cultural heritage integrating it in the narrative on the city
Comparative analysis of ephemeral river ecosystem services in agricultural and natural landscapes in mediterranean environments. A practical approach to Caia River (Portugal)
No full textMediterranean landscapes present a large amount of biodiversity and ecosystems leading to
their unique identity. In fact, it is increasingly acknowledged that these ecosystems provide a
large range of benefits, not only for the area where they are located but also for their
surroundings. Benefits that may vary from aesthetical values to socioeconomic aspects that
might influence territorial development, including also the preservation of those ecosystems.
The ephemeral and intermittent rivers provide several and pivotal ecosystem services within to
the environment. However, these services differ a lot from agricultural to natural landscapes –
e.g. agricultural landscapes structure ́ is susceptible to dramatic changes through the seasons
and water cycles.
Thus, a comparison study between agricultural and natural Mediterranean environments
landscapes have been carried out – allowing to deeply understand ephemeral rivers ecosystems
systems and their dynamics. Considering the purpose of the study - a comparison analysis
between river ecosystem services in agricultural and natural landscapes in Mediterranean
environments have been conducted. Therefore, a Cross-Border ephemeral river – Caia River
(Portugal-Spain) have been selected as a case study. The comparison has covered cultural,
aesthetic, functional and socio-economic ecosystem services; showing the relevance of the functions granted by the river
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